Professor Damien Lacroix

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Professor of Mechanobiology

Insigneo Institute Co-Director

Damien Lacroix
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d.lacroix@sheffield.ac.uk
F21, Pam Liversidge Building

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Professor Damien Lacroix
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
F21
Pam Liversidge Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
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I am a Professor of Mechanobiology in Mechanical Engineering. I hold a first degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Applied Science (INSA Lyon, France) and a PhD in Biomechanics from Trinity College Dublin.

After a post-doc in 2001 in Toulouse (France) for Smith and Nephew at the Purpan Hospital, I was awarded a Marie-Curie TMR EU fellowship in 2002 and a Ramon y Cajal senior fellowship in 2004 at the Technical University of Catalonia (Spain).

In 2008 I was appointed Group Leader of Biomechanics and Mechanobiology at the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia (Spain) and I joined Mechanical Engineering in 2012 when I took a Chair in Biomedical Engineering within the INSIGNEO research institute.

Research interests

My research covers bone mechanobiology (osteoarthritis, bone tissue engineering, fracture healing) and spine biomechanics (mechanobiology of disc degeneration, disc angiogenesis, disc implant analysis).

The focus of my research group is the study of the effect of mechanical stimuli on biological response. The group's objective is to make scientific advancements in simulations of in vitro and in vivo biomechanics and mechanobiology and in experimental in vitro mechanobiology.

The current focus of the group is mainly on the development of simulations in spine biomechanics and modelling of inflammation in osteoarthritic joints. These numerical simulations based on the finite element method are complemented with in vitro tests using bioreactors and microfluid chambers.

Projects

  • Multiscale modelling of the musculoskeletal system
  • Development of a predictive computational platform for disc degeneration and bone fracture
  • Simulation of a biological / biomaterials interactions in tissue engineering
  • Simulation of inflammation in osteoarthritic joints
Publications

Books

  • Lacroix D, Brunelli M, Perrault C, Baldit A, Shariatzadeh M, Campos Marin A, Castro A & Barreto S (2019) . Springer Singapore.

Journal articles

  • Lai J, Tomlinson J, Breakwell L & Lacroix D (2025) . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H, Journal of engineering in medicine, 239(7), 607-623.
  • Lai J & Lacroix D (2025) . PLoS One, 20(6).
  • Owen R, Wittkowske C, Lacroix D, Perrault CM & Reilly GC (2024) . Connective Tissue Research, 65(4), 313-329.
  • Pan J, Lacroix D, Zhou Y & Wang B (2023) . Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 11.
  • Eltes PE, Turbucz M, Fayad J, Bereczki F, Szke G, Terebessy T, Lacroix D, Varga PP & Lazary A (2022) . Frontiers in Surgery, 8(1).
  • Bhattacharya P, Li Q, Lacroix D, Kadirkamanathan V & Viceconti M (2021) . PLoS ONE, 16(5).
  • Ascolani G, Skerry TM, Lacroix D, Dall'Ara E & Shuaib A (2021) . Interface Focus, 11(1).
  • Eltes PE, Bartos M, Hajnal B, Pokorni AJ, Kiss L, Lacroix D, Varga PP & Lazary A (2021) . Frontiers in Surgery, 7.
  • Yang W, Lacroix D, Tan LP & Chen J (2021) . Journal of Materials Research, 36(12), 2591-2600.
  • Demir E, Eltes P, Castro APG, Lacroix D & Tokta 襤 (2020) . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 234(12), 1409-1420.
  • Zhao F, Lacroix D, Ito K, van Rietbergen B & Hofmann S (2020) . Bone Reports, 12.
  • Cheong VS, Campos Marin A, Lacroix D & DallAra E (2020) . Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 19(3), 985-1001.
  • Benemerito I, Modenese L, Montefiori E, Mazz C, Viceconti M, Lacroix D & Guo L (2020) . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 234(5), 507-516.
  • Ascolani G, Skerry TM, Lacroix D, DallAra E & Shuaib A (2020) . BMC Bioinformatics, 21(1).
  • Shuaib A, Motan D, Bhattacharya P, McNabb A, Skerry TM & Lacroix D (2019) . Scientific Reports, 9(1).
  • Marcotti S, Reilly GC & Lacroix D (2019) . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 94, 259-266.
  • Alsayednoor J, Metcalf L, Rochester J, Dall'Ara E, McCloskey E & Lacroix D (2018) . Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 17(6), 1715-1730.
  • Marcotti S, Maki K, Reilly GC, Lacroix D & Adachi T (2018) . PLoS One, 13(10).
  • Castro APG, Yao J, Battisti T & Lacroix D (2018) . Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 6.
  • Rijsbergen MV, van Rietbergen B, Barthelemy V, Eltes P, Laz獺ry , Lacroix D, Noailly J, Ho Ba Tho M-C, Wilson W & Ito K (2018) . PLoS One, 13(8).
  • Campos Mar穩n A, Brunelli M & Lacroix D (2018) . Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 17(3), 675-687.
  • Borg SA, Buckley H, Owen R, Marin AC, Lu Y, Eyles D, Lacroix D, Reilly GC, Skerry TM & Bishop NJ (2018) . PLoS One, 13(1).
  • Castro APG & Lacroix D (2018) . Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 17(2), 531-541.
  • Marin AC, Grossi T, Bianchi E, Dubini G & Lacroix D (2017) . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 75, 463-469.
  • Brunelli M, Perrault CM & Lacroix D (2017) . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 71, 165-174.
  • Brunelli M, Perrault CM & Lacroix D (2017) . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 65, 478-489.
  • Campos Marin A, Grossi T, Bianchi E, Dubini G & Lacroix D (2016) . Annals of Biomedical Engineering.
  • Yao Y, Lacroix D & Mak AFT (2016) . Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 15(6), 1495-1508.
  • Wittkowske C, Reilly GC, Lacroix D & Perrault CM (2016) . Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 4.
  • Giorgi M, Verbruggen SW & Lacroix D (2016) . Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine, 8(6), 485-505.
  • Wills CR, Malandrino A, van Rijsbergen MM, Lacroix D, Ito K & Noailly J (2016) . Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 90, 108-123.
  • Castro AP, Laity P, Shariatzadeh M, Wittkowske C, Holland C & Lacroix D (2016) . Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 27(4), 79.
  • Yao Y, Lacroix D & Mak AFT (2015) . The Proceedings of the Asian Pacific Conference on Biomechanics : emerging science and technology in biomechanics, 2015.8(0), 219-219.
  • Perrault C, Brugues A, Bazellieres E, Ricco P, Lacroix D & Trepat X (2015) . Biophysical Journal, 109(8), 1533-1536.
  • Khayyeri H, Barreto S & Lacroix D (2015) . Journal of Theoretical Biology, 379, 38-46.
  • Campos Marin A & Lacroix D (2015) . Interface Focus, 5(2), ---.
  • Anderson DD, Thomas TP, Campos Marin A, Elkins JM, Lack WD & Lacroix D (2014) . Injury, 45 Suppl 2, S23-S31.
  • Malandrino A, Lacroix D, Hellmich C, Ito K, Ferguson SJ & Noailly J (2014) . Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 22(7), 1053-1060.
  • Malandrino A, Noailly J & Lacroix D (2014) . Journal of Biomechanics.
  • S獺nchez Egea AJ, Parraga Quiroga JM, Noailly J, Lacroix D, Valera M & Proubasta I (2014) . Clinical Biomechanics.
  • Lacroix D, Brunelli M, Shariatzadeh M, Campos A & Perrault CM (2014) The effect of mechanical stimuli on cell adhesion. JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, 8, 33-34.
  • Shariatzadeh M, Perrault C & Lacroix D (2014) Effect of mechanical stimulation on osteogenesis of self-assembled collagen-heMSC/MG63 microspheres. JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, 8, 258-258.
  • Brunelli M, Perrault C & Lacroix D (2014) Microfluidic bioreactor for high-throughput and prolonged perfusion of bone scaffolds. JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, 8, 480-480.
  • Barreto S, Perrault CM & Lacroix D (2014) . J Mech Behav Biomed Mater, 38, 219-231.
  • Barreto S, Clausen CH, Perrault CM, Fletcher DA & Lacroix D (2013) . Biomaterials, 34(26), 6119-6126.
  • Ruiz C, Noailly J & Lacroix D (2013) . J Mech Behav Biomed Mater, 26, 1-10.
  • Malandrino A, Noailly J & Lacroix D (2013) . Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin, 16(9), 923-928.
  • Perrault CM, Trepat X, Navajas D, Planell JA & Lacroix D (2012) . Journal of Biomechanics, 45, S414-S414.
  • Olivares AL, Perrault CM & Lacroix D (2012) . Journal of Biomechanics, 45, S646-S646.
  • Barreto S, Perrault CM & Lacroix D (2012) . Journal of Biomechanics, 45, S418-S418.
  • Malandrino A, Fritsch A, Lahayne O, Kropik K, Redl H, Noailly J, Lacroix D & Hellmich C (2012) . Materials Letters, 78, 154-158.
  • Olivares AL & Lacroix D (2012) . Tissue Eng Part C Methods, 18(8), 624-631.
  • Noailly J & Lacroix D (2012) , 144-232.
  • Noailly J, Ambrosio L, Elizabeth Tanner K, Planell JA & Lacroix D (2012) . Eur Spine J, 21 Suppl 5(Suppl 5), S675-S687.
  • Renart I, G籀mez C, Aparicio N, Villalobos I & Lacroix D (2011) . Revista Iberoamericana de Cirug穩a de la Mano, 39(01), 022-031.
  • Lacroix D & Ram穩rez Pati簽o JF (2011) . Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 39(12), 2972-2983.
  • Malandrino A, Noailly J & Lacroix D (2011) . PLoS Computational Biology, 7(8).
  • Galbusera F, Schmidt H, Noailly J, Malandrino A, Lacroix D, Wilke H-J & Shirazi-Adl A (2011) . JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS, 4(7), 1234-1241.
  • Byrne DP, Lacroix D & Prendergast PJ (2011) . JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH, 29(10), 1496-1503.
  • Melchels FPW, Tonnarelli B, Olivares AL, Martin I, Lacroix D, Feijen J, Wendt DJ & Grijpma DW (2011) . Biomaterials, 32(11), 2878-2884.
  • Sandino C & Lacroix D (2011) . Biomech Model Mechanobiol, 10(4), 565-576.
  • Bohner M, Loosli Y, Baroud G & Lacroix D (2011) . ACTA BIOMATERIALIA, 7(2), 478-484.
  • Noailly J, Planell JA & Lacroix D (2011) . Biomech Model Mechanobiol, 10(2), 203-219.
  • Koch MA, Vrij EJ, Engel E, Planell JA & Lacroix D (2010) . Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 95(4), 1011-1018.
  • Santoro R, Olivares AL, Brans G, Wirz D, Longinotti C, Lacroix D, Martin I & Wendt D (2010) . Biomaterials, 31(34), 8946-8952.
  • Fari簽a NM, Mu簽oz-Guz籀n F, L籀pez-Pe簽a M, Permuy-Menda簽a M, Koch M, Lacroix D & Gonz獺lez-Cantalapiedra A (2010) . Bone, 47, S127-S128.
  • Milan JL, Planell JA & Lacroix D (2010) . Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 9(5), 583-596.
  • Sandino C, Checa S, Prendergast PJ & Lacroix D (2010) . Biomaterials, 31(8), 2446-2452.
  • Prendergast PJ, Checa S & Lacroix D (2010) , 353-372.
  • Milan JL, Sandino C, Midderhoff S, Marques L, Planell JA & Lacroix D (2009) Mode of failure of a biomaterial composite scaffold for bone tissue engineering using synchrotron micro-tomography and finite element analysis. 12th International Conference on Fracture 2009 Icf 12, 8, 6179-6186.
  • Lacroix D & Planell JA (2009) , 123-154.
  • Malandrino A, Planell JA & Lacroix D (2009) . J Biomech, 42(16), 2780-2788.
  • Milan JL, Planell JA & Lacroix D (2009) . Biomaterials, 30(25), 4219-4226.
  • Olivares AL, Marsal E, Planell JA & Lacroix D (2009) . Biomaterials, 30(30), 6142-6149.
  • Lacroix D, Planell JA & Prendergast PJ (2009) . Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci, 367(1895), 1993-2009.
  • Planell JA, Best SM, Lacroix D & Merolli A (2009) . Bone Repair Biomaterials, 1-477.
  • Koch MA, Engel E, Planell JA & Lacroix D (2008) Material characterization and dynamic cell seeding on PLA/glass composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. 8th World Biomaterials Congress 2008, 3, 1248.
  • Charles-Harris M, Koch MA, Navarro M, Lacroix D, Engel E & Planell JA (2008) . Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine, 19(4), 1503-1513.
  • Engel E, Michiardi A, Navarro M, Lacroix D & Planell JA (2008) . Trends in Biotechnology, 26(1), 39-47.
  • Sandino C, Planell JA & Lacroix D (2008) . Journal of Biomechanics, 41(5), 1005-1014.
  • Byrne DP, Lacroix D, Planell JA, Kelly DJ & Prendergast PJ (2007) . BIOMATERIALS, 28(36), 5544-5554.
  • Sal籀 G, C獺ceres E, Lacroix D, Planell JA, Molina A, Ram穩rez M & Llad籀 A (2007) . Revista Espa簽ola de Cirug穩a Ortop矇dica y Traumatolog穩a (English Edition), 51(5), 284-295.
  • Sal籀 G, C獺ceres E, Lacroix D, Planell JA, Molina A, Ram穩rez M & Llad籀 A (2007) . Revista De Ortopedia Y Traumatologia, 51(5), 284-295.
  • Charles-Harris M, del Valle S, Hentges E, Bleuet P, Lacroix D & Planell JA (2007) . Biomaterials, 28(30), 4429-4438.
  • Roca Romalde D, Lacroix D, Caja L籀pez VL, Proubasta Renart I & Planell Estany JA (2007) . Revista Espa簽ola de Cirug穩a Ortop矇dica y Traumatolog穩a (English Edition), 51(2), 88-93.
  • Noailly J, Wilke H-J, Planell JA & Lacroix D (2007) . J Biomech, 40(11), 2414-2425.
  • Roca Romalde D, Lacroix D, Caja L籀pez VL, Proubasta Renart I & Planell Estany JA (2007) . Revista De Ortopedia Y Traumatologia, 51(2), 88-93.
  • Lacroix D, Noailly J, Salo G, Caceres E & Planell JA (2006) The effect of bone graft geometry on spinal fusion vertebral stresses.. J Appl Biomater Biomech, 4(3), 135-142.
  • Lacroix D, Chateau A, Ginebra M-P & Planell JA (2006) . Biomaterials, 27(30), 5326-5334.
  • Noailly J, Lacroix D & Planell JA (2005) . Spine (Phila Pa 1976), 30(20), 2257-2264.
  • Charles-Harris M, Lacroix D, Proubasta I & Planell JA (2005) Intramedullary nails vs osteosynthesis plates for femoral fracture stabilization: A finite element analysis.. J Appl Biomater Biomech, 3(3), 157-167.
  • Idelsohn S, Pe簽a J, Lacroix D, Planell JA, Gil FJ & Arcas A (2004) . J Mater Sci Mater Med, 15(4), 541-546.
  • Lacroix D & Prendergast PJ (2002) . Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin, 5(5), 369-376.
  • Lacroix D & Prendergast PJ (2002) . J Biomech, 35(9), 1163-1171.
  • Lacroix D, Prendergast PJ, Li G & Marsh D (2002) . Med Biol Eng Comput, 40(1), 14-21.
  • Lacroix D, Murphy LA & Prendergast PJ (2000) . J Biomech Eng, 122(4), 430-436.
  • Lee TC, Shine JD, FitzPatrick DP, Bradley JA, OConnor JJ, OKelly KU, Carr AJ, McCormack BAO, ONeill P, Cole JS , Watterson JK et al (1999) . Irish Journal of Medical Science, 168(3), 208-220.
  • Lacroix D & Prendergast PJ (1997) . Proc Inst Mech Eng H, 211(6), 467-474.
  • Castro APG, Altai Z, Offiah AC, Shelmerdine SC, Arthurs OJ, Li X & Lacroix D () . PLoS ONE, 14(6).
  • Isaza JA, Lacroix D & Ram穩rez J () . Universitas Scientiarum, 24(1), 49-72.
  • Palanca M, Bodey AJ, Giorgi M, Viceconti M, Lacroix D, Cristofolini L & Dall'Ara E () . Journal of Biomechanics.

Book chapters

  • Lacroix D & Planell JA (2021) , Biomedical Materials (pp. 303-336). Springer International Publishing
  • Al-Maawi S, Ambrosio L, Best SM, Brown O, Chambers P, Chamorro NP, Chatzistavrou X, Cifuentes Cuellar SC, De Santis R, Delgado L籀pez JM , Dunne NJ et al (2019) , Bone Repair Biomaterials (pp. xi-xiv). Elsevier
  • Brunelli M, Perrault C, Baldit A, Marin AC, Shariatzadeh M, Castro A, Barreto S & Lacroix D (2019) Multiscale Mechanobiology in Tissue Engineering Preface, MULTISCALE MECHANOBIOLOGY IN TISSUE ENGINEERING (pp. V-VIII).
  • Lacroix D (2019) , Frontiers of Biomechanics (pp. 195-199). Springer Singapore
  • Barreto S & Lacroix D (2019) , Frontiers of Biomechanics (pp. 181-193). Springer Singapore
  • Brunelli M, Perrault C & Lacroix D (2019) , Frontiers of Biomechanics (pp. 1-22). Springer Singapore
  • Brunelli M, Perrault C & Lacroix D (2019) , Frontiers of Biomechanics (pp. 37-57). Springer Singapore
  • Baldit A, Brunelli M, Campos Marin A & Lacroix D (2019) , Frontiers of Biomechanics (pp. 23-36). Springer Singapore
  • Shariatzadeh M, Baldit A, Perrault C & Lacroix D (2019) , Frontiers of Biomechanics (pp. 105-125). Springer Singapore
  • Campos Marin A & Lacroix D (2019) , Frontiers of Biomechanics (pp. 81-104). Springer Singapore
  • Campos Marin A & Lacroix D (2019) , Frontiers of Biomechanics (pp. 59-80). Springer Singapore
  • Castro A, Shariatzadeh M & Lacroix D (2019) , Frontiers of Biomechanics (pp. 143-158). Springer Singapore
  • Shariatzadeh M, Perrault C & Lacroix D (2019) , Frontiers of Biomechanics (pp. 127-142). Springer Singapore
  • Barreto S & Lacroix D (2019) , Frontiers of Biomechanics (pp. 159-179). Springer Singapore
  • Lacroix D (2019) , Bone Repair Biomaterials (pp. 53-64). Elsevier
  • Castro APG & Lacroix D (2017) , Biomedical Composites (pp. 479-500). Elsevier
  • Olivares AL & Lacroix D (2012) , Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials (pp. 107-126). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • Ambrosio L, Tanner KE, Raucci MG, Gloria A, De Santis R, Ambrosio L, Tanner KE, Alcock B, Quaye M, Harvey J , Wilke H-J et al (2012) , Biomaterials for Spinal Surgery (pp. xiii-xvii). Elsevier
  • Lacroix D (2009) , Bone Repair Biomaterials (pp. 106-118).

Conference proceedings

  • Burnett A & Lacroix D (2015) MultiSim: Report of Stakeholder Workshop Outcomes. MultiSim: Report of Stakeholder Workshop Outcomes, Vol. 1(1) (pp 1-7). Insigneo Institute for in silico medicine, 7 September 2014 - 7 September 2014.
  • Shariatzadeh M, Perrault C & Lacroix D (2015) Effect of Mechanical Stimulation on Osteogenic Differentiation of Self-Assembled Collagen-Cell Seeded Hydrogels. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 21 (pp S271-S271)
  • Marin AC, Grossi T, Bianchi E, Dubini G & Lacroix D (2015) 弮-Particle Image Velocimetry and Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of Perfusion Cell Seeding Within a 3d Porous Scaffold. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 21 (pp S117-S118)
  • Malandrino A, Lacroix D & Noailly J (2013) . Poromechanics V (pp 2193-2201)
  • Checa S, Sandino C, Byrne DP, Kelly DJ, Lacroix D & Prendergast PJ (2011) (pp 55-69)
  • Planell JA, Navarro M, Altankov G, Aparicio C, Engel E, Gil J, Ginebra MP & Lacroix D (2010) . ADVANCES IN REGENERATIVE MEDICINE: ROLE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES (pp 233-+)

Datasets

  • Marcotti S, Lacroix D & Reilly G .
  • Marcotti S, Lacroix D & Reilly G .
  • Marcotti S, Lacroix D & Reilly G .
  • Marcotti S, Lacroix D & Reilly G .
  • Dall'Ara E, Palanca M, Viceconti M, Lacroix D, Giorgi M & Cristofolini L .
  • Bhattacharya P, Li Q, Lacroix D, Kadirkamanathan V & Viceconti M .

Presentations

  • Alsayednoor J & Lacroix D . The Octagon Centre, University of Sheffield.

Preprints

  • Marcotti S, Reilly GC & Lacroix D (2019) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Ascolani G, Skerry TM, Lacroix D, Dall'Ara E & Shuaib A (2019) , arXiv.
Grants
  • European Commission, Horizon Europe Programme 'Computer-aided effective fracture risk stratification of patients with vertebral metastases for personalised treatment through robust computational models validated in clinical settings (METASTRA)' 07/2023-06/2028. 0.98m. Co-Investigator
  • European Research Council Starting Grant, MECHANOBIO - 'Finite element simulations of mechanobiology in tissue engineering', 10/2011-09/2016. 1.49m
  • European Commission, FP7 ICT 269909, MySpine - 'Functional prognosis simulation of patient-specific spinal treatment for clinical use', 03/2011-02/2014. 0.68m.
  • ESPRC Frontier Engineering Award (EP/K03877X/1), M J Hounslow, D Lacroix, M Viceconti, S  A Billings, V Kadirkamanathan, A pavic, E McCloskey, T Skerry, 'Modelling Complex and Partially Identified Engineering Problems - Application to the Individualised Multi-scale Simulation of the Musculoskeletal System', 01.09.2013 to 31.08.2018 瞿4.86m
Teaching interests

Professor Lacroix supervises final year undergraduate and MSc projects.

Professional activities and memberships
  • Past-President of the European Society of Biomechanics
  • Council Member of the European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering and Science (EAMBES)
  • Editorial Board member of Biomaterials, Journal of Biomechanics and Clinical Biomechanics
  • 2010 Jean Leray Award from the European Society of Biomaterials
  • 2006 City Award of Barcelona in Technology Research for the development of a new injectable porous material based on calcium phosphate
  • Recipient of European Research Council Starting Grant in 2011
  • Member of the Board of Directors, Virtual Physiological Human Institute